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l Chinn. (Cl. 21S-19) This invention relates to glass articles and other ceramic bodies having electrically conducting oxide coatings ofthe kind known generally as iridized coatings. When glass or other vitreous ceramic body is heated and contacted withI certain metal salts either in the form of fumes or atomised solutions thereof, a stronglyadherent iridescent layer of oxide is formed on its surface. This process is known as idirizing because the coatings thus produced are iridescent due to interference ot light waves reflected from the extremely thin oxide nlms.

The application of iridizing to glass for the production of beautiful art ware is quite old and forthispurposesaltsoftinandofironareemployed. More recently it has been found that tin iridized coatings have a suillciently low electrical resistivity to permit their use for certain electrical purposes. for example. as coatings on high tension electric insulators for the purpose of spreading the potential gradient on the surface of the insulator and thus preventing corona and radio interference. For this purpose, tin iridized coatings are particularly suitable because their electrical reaistivities are so high that they conduct only very small currents and do not cause any appreciable power loss, as described in Patent No. 2,118,795 issued May 2, 1938, to Jesse T. Littleton. The patent shows that iridized coatings produced by salts of other metals including iron. titanium. tantalum, columbium, aluminum, antimony, zirconium, thorium, tballium and chromium have such extremely high electrical resistivities as to be practically non-conducting.

One of the chief objects of this invention is to produce glass and other non-porous ceramic articles having electrically conducting coatings which are permanently incorporated with the glass or ceramic surface, which have high chemleal and thermal stability and which have sumcicntly low electrical resistivities to permit the use of such articles for electric heating devices.

.Another object is to lower the electrical resistivity of tin iridised coatings.

Another object is to produce conducted iridized coatings which have zero or positive temperature coeillcients of resistance.

Another object is to control the electrical resistivity of tin iridized coatings.

Another object is to provide transparent electric resistance elements of glass for use in electric heating devices such as ovens, broilers. ntokasters, dat irons, grills, space heaters and the ammobieezistopmvidssimbodumv- 2 ing iridized coatings of predetermined electrical resistance Another object is to provide transparent electrically conducting iridized coatings which contain both tin and antimony.

To these and other ends the invention comprises ceramic articles provided with electrically conducting iridized coatings containing oxides of tin and antimony, to be hereinafter more fully described and illustrated in the accompanying drawings in which:

Fig. 1 is an elevation of an apparatus for iridizing glass sheets in accordance with the invention;

Fig. 2 is a graph illustrating the change in electrical resistance of tin-antimony iridized coatings with variation of the antimony content;

Pig. 3 is a graph illustrating the change in electrical resistance of tin-antimony iridized films with variation in thickness.

Fig. 4 is a vertical sectional view of an electrically heated device for toasting bread made in accordance with the invention.

I have discovered that the electrical resistivity of tin iridized coatings may be decreased by the introduction of antimony. Iridized films may be produced by a mixture of salts of tinand antimony which have electrical resistivities only about onetwentieth of the resistivities of similar films produced by a salt or salts of tin alone.

The conducting illms or coatings of the present invention are composed of mixtures of oxides containing an oxide of tin and from .001% to about 15% by weight of an oxide of antimony. Their electrical resistivities are influenced by various factors including the presence therein of minor amounts of modifying metallic oxides, the temperature at which the illms are produced and the relative expansion coeilicients of the films and the glass or ceramic body upon which they are deposited, as will hereinafter Vbe more fully explained.

(The resistance of a conductor is proportional to the length and inversely proportional to the erom sectional area of the conductor. For a given thickness, the resistance of a illm then becomes proportional to the length and inversely proportional to the width of the illm and, if the length also equals the width, the resistance remains constant regardless of the size of the illm. The term ohms per square is therefore employed as the unit of resistance of the electrically conducting films described herein.)

'l'he electrically conducting illms of this invention may be formed advantageously upon the surface of a glass article, such as a glass sheet. They are preferably produced by heating the glass uniformly as hot as possible without deforming it or to about 500 C. or above and atomizing a solution containing the desired metal salts as a ne mist upon the heated glass for a length of time suiiicient to produce an iridized lm of the desired thickness and electrical resistivity. Although liquid antimony pentachloride SbCls may be dissolved directly in liquid anhydrous stannic tetrachloride (SnC14) and the mixture may be vaporized by a stream of air passed through it, it is preferable to atomize a water solution of tin and antimony chlorides containing free hydrochloric acid because better control of lm thickness can thereby be obtained and other metal salts can thereby be introduced into the solution as modifying agents, as will be shown. For convenience the proportions of the base solution may comprise 100 grams of stannic tetrachloride pentahydrate 50 cc. of water and 10 cc. of concentrated aqueous hydrochloric acid, to which may be added the desired amount of antimony trichloride and, if desired, other metal salts. The atomized solution is preferably directed perpendicularly against the surface to be coated for a time, usually 10 to 20 seconds, which will depend upon various factors including the rate of atomization, concentration of the solution and the desired thickness of the lm. The thickness depends upon the desired electrical resistance of the film. For thicknesses up to about 5500 Angstroms, the electrical resistance of a film consisting of oxides of tin and antimony decreases linearly as the thickness increases. The electrical resistance may be measured with an ohmmeter during iridizing. For this purpose and for subsequent use in the application of electric current to the nlm, permanent electrical contacts therewith are provided on the glass plate before iridizing takes place. This is best accomplished by metallizing two opposite edges of the glass plate, preferably by the application thereto of a platinizing solution which is fired on in the usual manner to provide adherent bands or stripes of metallic platinum on the glass.

' In the drawings, Fig. 1 illustrates generally the preferred method of iridizing. A glass plate I0, provided with platinized stripes II (shown on an exaggerated scale) on two opposite edges, is about three inches square between the stripes Il. It is heated uniformly on an electric hot plate I 2. An atomizer, generally designated I3 and preferably composed of glass, comprises a lcup I4 for containing the solution of tin and antimony salts to be atomized, an atomizing nozzle I5 and a tube I6 for the introduction of compressed air to the nozzle. The atomizer is so supported that the nozzle I5 is about one foot above the glass plate. An ohmmeter I'I is provided with two contact leads I8 which may be brought into electrical contact with the stripes II (as shown) before atomization. As atomization proceeds and a conducting iridized film is formed on the glass, the electrical resistance which is registered by the ohmmeter decreases from an initial infinite value as the thickness of the lm increases. When the electrical resistance attains a sufficiently low value, atomization is stopped by cutting 01T the supply of compressed air to the atomizer I3.

To some extent the electrical resistivity of -by interference of light reflected therefrom. As

the thickness of the film increases its apparent color changes and the order or succession of the colors with increasing thickness is analogous to that of the well known Newton rings described in A Treatise on Light, by R. A. Houstoun, Longmans Green & Co., Ltd., (1938), page 147, as follows:

1st orderwhite, yellow, red,

2nd order-violet, blue, green, yellow, red, 3rd order-purple, blue, green, yellow, red, 4th order-green, red,

5th order-greenish-blue, red,

6th ordergreenish-blue, pale red,

7th order-greenish-blue, reddish-white.

Obviously, a film of uniform thickness will appear to be of one color only. A slight nonuniformity in film thickness at the edge of the plate will produce sufficient color sequence to identify the order of thickness of the main portion of the film. As a further aid, a long strip of glass may be iridized by directing the spray at one end thereof whereby the various orders of colors will be spread longitudinally of the strip and will serve as a convenient comparison. Since red marks the end of each order, this color is preferably employed as the distinguishing mark of the successive orders. For present purposes, red light has a wave length of 6200 Angstroms. Calculation shows that the approximate film thickness in Angstroms for the various orders of red is as follows:

Order Angstroms The eiect of antimony upon the electrical resistivity of tin iridized films is demonstrated in the graph shown in Fig. 2 wherein the resistance of 4th order iridized lms consisting of oxides of tin and antimony on borosilicate glass is plotted against the weight' percentage of antimony oxide (SbzOa) calculated from the compositions of the solutions employed to produce the iridized lms. Since the change in resistance is very great as compared to the 'change in antimony content, the resistance is plotted on a logarithmic scale in order to reduce the size of the graph and to permit a better presentation of the data. It will be noted that the resistance decreases very rapidly with very small additions of antimony oxide (001% to .5% SbzOa) and a minimum resistance of about 12 ohms per square for the 4th order is obtained with about 1% Sb203. The resistance is about 200 ohms per square when the antimony content is approximately 13% SbzOz. For the production of resistance elements for electric heating devices,

the antimony content of the lm is preferably equivalent to about 1% to 10% SbzOa.

The electrical resistance of tin-antimony iridized films of constant composition decreases regularly with increasing film thickness up to the 4th or 5th order. The decrease in electrical resistance with increase in nlm thickness is illustrated by the graph shown in Fig. 3 in which the electrical resistance in ohms per square o! an iridized lm composed of about 98.5% SnOz and 1.5% SbzOa is plotted against the thickness of the lm in Angstroms for illms of the 1st to the 4th orders inclusive. For thicknesses beyond the 5th order, the crystal structure of the lm tends to degenerate and the decrease in electrical resistance with increase in thickness becomes less marked. Increase of antimony content in the film diminishes the tendency for degeneration of its crystal structure and illms of high orders of thickness up to the th order (60,000 Angstroms) or thicker can be made. A tin-antimony illm of the 13th order of thickness containing about 1% SbzOz was made which had an electrical resistance of 4 ohms per square.

The conducting iridized illms made in accordance with this invention possess a characteristic which not only has great importance for their use in electric heating devices, but is in direct contradiction with the known characteristics of electric conductors in general. Most oi' the new low resistance films have positive temperature coemcients of resistance, that is, their resistances increase slightly with rise in temperature. It is well known that metallic conductors have positive temperature coeillcients of resistance but that metal oxides in general have negative temperature coeicients of resistance. It is therefore surprising that the temperature coetlicients of resistance of the new low resistance lms should have a positive value, inasmuch as they are composed of metal oxides insofar as is known. It is the more surprising inthat iridized films produced with a salt of tin alone usually have negative coeilicients of resistance.

Under some circumstances, the temperature coeilicient of resistance of the new iridized films expansion coeilicient of the iridized ilm, which is about 45 107 cm. per cm. per degree C., too greatly exceeds the thermal expansion coeillcient of the glass or ceramic support upon which the film is deposited, the temperature coeilicient of resistance of the i'ilm may be negative if the antimony content is low and the film is relatively thick. For example, on a high silica glass having a thermal expansion coeilicient of about 8X10-1 cm. per cm. per degree C. a tin-antimony iridized i'ilm of the 4th order containing about 1% SbzO: has a negative temperature coeilicient of resistance. The latter value will be positive if the lm is thin, say of the 1st order, or if the antimony content is somewhat higher, say about 5% SbzOc. The temperature coeilicients of resistance of low resistance tin-antimony iilms deposited on heat resisting borosilicate glass having a thermal expansion coefllcient of about 31i l0'I cm. per cm. per degree C. are usually n point. Salts of manganese,

positive and such articles are particularly useful for electric heating devices. It is believed that negative temperature coeilicients of resistance due to differences in expansion coeilicients result from stresses in the iridized film caused by diiferential expansion between the film and its support when the temperature is increased. Antimony contents of about 1% to 2% or more of SbzOz appear to toughen the film or otherwise diminish the eiIect of the differential expansivities.

A positive or zero temperature coefcient of resistance is important for coatings which are to be used for the generation of heat because local overheating and destructive flashover of the coating are thereby avoided. Heretofore, only metallized coatings or thin layers of metal on glass or ceramics were suitable for this purpose. Such metallized coatings have maximum electrical resistances of only about 10 ohms per square and higher resistances are desirable. 'I'he new iridized coatings may be produced with predetermined electrical resistances ranging from about 10 ohms per square or less to about 200 ohms per square.

Another important characteristic of the electrically conducting iridized films made in accordance with this invention is their substantial transparency for visible light. With low antimony contents, 1% SbzOs or less, such films are substantially transparent and are practically colorless by transmitted light. However, as the antimony content is increased the illm acquires a blue color which becomes darker with increasing antimony and with about 15% SbzO: the illm transmits a deep midnight blue color and has a generally low visibile transmission.

For the production of transparent heating elements. such as devices for toasting bread, which are to be operated at temperatures of about 350 C., or higher, on a line voltage of 110 volts, an electrical resistance of about 40 ohms per square is required and it will be evident from the foregoing discussion that iridized illms consisting of oxides of tin and antimony may be objectionably colored for this purpose since they must contain about 7% SbzOs. ,For such purposes I have found that the electrical resistance of the iridized films may advantageously be controlled by the addition to the iridizing solution of other metal salts which will raise the resistivity of the films to the desired extent without decreasing their transmission for visible light. Any metal the salt of which will hydrolyze in water alone to precipitate the corresponding metal oxide may be used without causing substantial coloration of the iridized film. Such modifying salts vary somewhat in their eiectiveness and for small antimony contents (1% of less SbzOa) may cause very rapid increase in the electrical resistivity of tin-antimony iridized illms for relatively small increments of the salt. As the antimony content of the iridized illm is increased, the effect of the modifying salt is dlminished so that larger amounts, up to about 20%, oi' the modifying salt can be tolerated and the control of electrical resistance thereby becomes more ilexible. Salts of vanadium, iron, copper and zinc even in small amounts cause a particularly rapid rise in the electrical resistivity of the iridized nlm. Films containing ZnO make good electrical contact with platinum metallizing and show little or no contact resistance, which makes them desirable from a commercial standcobalt and nickel are less eective and are preferable on that account because they provide more accurate control of the electrical resistance of the iridized 111m.

Manganese chloride is particularly desirable for this purpose because it not only causes a more gradual. increase in the electrical resistivity of the iridized lm but it also unexpectedly causes a marked decrease in the color which is due to large antimony contents, although by itself it imparts no substantial coloration to the film. For example, a 4th order tin-antimony film containing about 3% SbzOa and having an electrical resistance of about 15 ohms per square has a decided blue color by transmitted light. A. similar lm containing in addition about MnOz has an electrical resistance of about 23 ohms per square and is substantially colorless and transparent.

In the following examples, which illustrate the invention, the respective solutions were atomized for seconds on plates of heat resistant borosilicate glass heated at about 700 C., unless otherwise specified. The electrical resistance of the resulting iridized lm was measured and other characteristics were noted as set forth in the examples.

Eample 1 The solution consisted of 100 g. SnCl45I-I2O, .0625 g. SbCla, 50 cc. H2O and 10 cc. HC1, equivalent to 99.91% S1102 and .09% SbzOa. The fifth order film was colorless by transmitted light and had an electrical resistance of 24 ohms per square and a positive temperature coeflcient of resistance.

Example 2 The solution consisted of 100 g. SnCl4-5H2O. .5 g. SbCla, 50 cc. H2O and l0 cc. HC1, equivalent to 99.26% Snoz and .74% SbcOs. The fourth order lm was colorless and had an electrical resistance of l2 ohms per square and a positive temperature coeicient of resistance.

Example 3 lThe solution consisted of 100 g. SnC14-5H2O, 4 g. SbC13, 50 cc. H2O and 10 cc. HCl, equivalent to 94.5% SnOz and l5.5% SbzOz. The fourth order lm was blue and had an electrical resistance of 21 ohms per square and a positive temperature coecient of resistance.

Example 4 The solution consistedof 100 g. SnC14-5H2O, 8 g. SbCls, 50 cc. H2O and 10 cc. HC1, equivalent to 89.4% SnOz and 10.6% SbzOa. The third order lm was dark blue and had an electrical resistance of 130 ohms per square.

Example 5 The solution consisted of 100 g. SnCl4-5H2O, 1 g. SbCla, 8 g. MnClz-4H2O, 50 cc. H2O and 10 cc. HCl. equivalent to 91.3% S1102, 1.3% SbzOs and 7.4% MnOz. Atomization time was l2 sec. The 4th order film was colorless and had an electrical resistance of 32 ohms per square and a positive temperature coeiicient of resistance.

Example 6 The solution consisted of 100 g. .SnCl4-5H20. 4 g. SbCla, 16 g. MnCl4-4H2O, 50 cc. H2O and 10 cc. HC1, equivalent to 81.8% SnOz, 4.9% Sb203 and 13.3% MnOz. The 3rd order film was substantially colorless and had an electrical resistance of 36 ohms per square and a positive temperature coeicient of resistance.

Example 7 The solution consisted of 100 g. SnCh'HzO. 1.5 g. SbCls, 1 g. V205, 50 cc. H2O and 10 cc. HC1. equivalent to 95.7% SnOz. 2.1% SbzOs and 2.2% V205. The 4th order lm was colorless and vhad an electrical resistance of 42 ohms per square.

v- Example 8 Example 9 The solution consisted of 100 g. SnCl4-5H2O, 4 g. SbCla, 4g. BiCls, 50 cc. H2O and 10 cc. HCl, equivalent to 88.6% SnOz, 5.3% SbzOs and 6.1% Bi2O3. The 4th order film had a slight brown tint and an electrical resistance of 36 ohms per square and a negative temperature coeilicient of resistance which changed to positive at about 150 C.

Example 10 The solution consisted of 100 g. SnCl4-5H2O, 4 g. SbCl3, 6 g. BiCla. 50 cc. H2O and l0 cc. HC1, equivalent to 86% SnOz, 5.1% SbzOa and 8.9% BizOa. The 4th order lm had a brownish tint and an electrical resistance of ohms per square.

Example 11 The solution consisted of g. SnCl4-5H2O. 2 g. SbCh, 8 g. CoCl26H2O, 50 cc. H2O and 10 cc. HC1, equivalent to 91.4% SnOz, 2.7% SbaOs and 5.9% C0203. The 4th order lm was colorless and had an electrical resistance of 32 ohms per square and a positive temperature coefficient of resistance.

yExample 12 The solution consisted of 100 g. SnCl45H2O, 4 g. SbCla, 1 g. ZnClz, 50 cc. H2O and 10 cc. HC1, equivalent to 93.2% Sn02, 5.5% SbzOs and 1.3% ZnO. The 4th order film was blue by transmitted light and had an electrical resistance of 31 ohms per square and a positive temperature coeiiicient of resistance.

A 4th order film ofthe same composition was applied to a 2 inch square plate of high silica glass having a thermal expansion coeicient of about 8X10J1 cm. per cm. per degree AC. The iilm had an electrical resistance of 42 ohms per square. When an alternating current equivalent to 300 Watts at volts was passed through the iilm for a few minutes its temperature, as measured by an optical pyrometer, rose to 825 C. and its electrical resistance increased to 56 ohms per square. On cutting oi the current and cooling to room temperature, its resistance reverted to about 42 ohms per square. Seven cycles of heating by passage of current followed by cooling to room temperature caused no substantial change in the respective resistances and other properties.

Example 13 'I'he solution consisted of 100 g. SnCl45H2O, 1 g. SbCls, 1 g. FeCh-HzO, 50 cc. H2O and 10 cc. HC1, equivalent to 98% Sn02, 1.4% SbzOa and .6% FezOs. The 5th order lm was colorless and had an electrical resistance of 28 ohms per square and a. zero temperature coeiiicient of resistance.

Example 14 'Ihe solution consisted of 100 g. SnCIrSHzO, 2 g. SbCb, 4 g. CoClz-GHzO, 50 cc. H20 and 10 cc. HC1, equivalent to 94.1% SnOz, 2.8% SbzOs and 3.1% C0203. The 4th order film was colorless and had an electrical resistance of 24 ohms per square and a positive temperature coeilicient of resistance.

Example 15 The solution consisted of 100 g. SnCls-SHIO, 1 g. SbCla, 8 g. NiClrHzO, 50 cc. H2O and 10 ce. HC1, equivalent to 92.5% SnOz, 1.4% SbzO; and 6% NizOz. The 4th order film was colorless and had an electrical resistance of 45 ohms per square.

Example 16 The solution consisted of 100 g. SnCl4-5HzO, 1 g. SbCls. 1 g. ,'I'hCli, 50 cc. H2O and 10 cc. HC1, equivalent to 97% SnOr. 1.4% SbxO: and 1.6% ThOz. 'I'he 3rd order film was colorless and had an electrical resistance of 1B ohms per square and a positive temperature coemcient of resistance.

Example 17 The solution consisted of 100 g. SnClrHzO, 1 g. SbCh, .5 g. CuClz. 50 cc. H2O and 10 cc. HC1, equivalent to 97.9% SnOz, 1.4% SbzO: and .7% CuO. The 4th order film was colorless and had an electrical resistance of ohms per square and a positive temperature coefllcient of resistance.

Example 18 The solution consisted of 100 g. SnCl4-5Hz0, 1 g. SbClz, 4 g. CrCh, 50 cc. H2O and 10 cc. HCl, equivalent to 94.4% SnOz, 1.4% SbzO: and 4.2% CnOs. The 4th order film was colorless and had an electrical resistance of 18 ohms per square and a positive temperature coellicient of resistance.

Conducting iridized lms made in accordance with this invention have good chemical stability and their electrical -properties undergo little. if any, change under adverse conditions. This is demonstrated in the following examples.

Example 19 A sheet of borosilicate glass having a thermal expansion coeilicient of 33X 10'I cm. per cm. per degree C. was provided with platinized stripes along two opposite edges so that the surface area between the stripes was 3 inches square. 'Ihe plate was then iridized with the solution shown in Example 12 until an iridized film of about the 3rd order was formed on and between the platinized stripes. The initial electrical resistance of the iridized film was 39 ohms per square. The film was heated for 100 hours at a temperature of 350 C. by passing through it an alternating electric current equivalent to 10.8 watts per square inch at an applied voltage which was varied between 61 and 63 volts in order to maintain constant wattage. At the end of this time the resistance was 38 ohms per square.

Example 20 lage of 6315066v01ts. 'l'helllltialBlelrll'itall'e- 10 listance of the film at 400 C. was 34.2 ohms -per square. After hours the resistance was 31.4 ohms per square and at the end of 494 hours the resistance was 32.6 ohms per square. The slight decrease in resistance was caused by the stabilization of stresses induced in the film by tempering. Once stabilized, the resistance remains substantially constant.

Example 21 A tempered iridized glass plate similar in all respects to that described in Example 20 was heated at 350 C. by passing through the film an alternating electric current equivalent to 10.8 watts per square inch. After the electrical resistance had become stabilized at 36.7 ohms per square the 111m was -heated for 2 hours at 350 C., then cooled and exposed for 30 minutes to live steam after which it was again heated for 2 hours at 350 C. as before.` Alternate heating and steaming were continued for 21 cycles after which the resistance was found to be 38 ohms per square.

Example 22 A tempered iridized glass plate similar in al1 respects to that described in Example 20 was heated at 350 C. by passing through the film an alternating electric current equivalent to 10.8 watts per square inch. After the electrical resistance had become stabilized at 33.9 ohms per square the plate was cooled to room temperature and the iridized film was smeared with the cooking fat known on the market as Crisco. The film was then heated as before for about 30 mlnutes during which time the "Crisco was burned of! leaving a slight carbonaceous residue. The plate was again cooled and the 111m was again smeared with Crisco after which it was again heated for about 30 minutes to burn oil the Crisco. After 42 cycles of alternate greasing and burning of! the resistance measured 33.9 ohmspersquare.

Example 23 Atemperediridizedglassplatesimilarinall respects to that described in Example 20 was treated by alternately greasing it and burning of! the grease as in Example 22 with the exception that after each burning off the carbonaceous residue was removed from the iridized film by scouring with the cleanser known as Bon Ami before the 'illm was regreased. The temperature of heating was 350 C. The stabilized initial resistance at 350 C. was 32.2 ohms per square. After 47 cycles of alternate greasins, burning oi! and scouring the resistance measured 32.2 ohms per square.

From the foregoing examples it will be seen that iridized glass or ceramic bodies having the low resistance films of this invention are particularly suitable for use as the heating elements or -units of electric heating devices, such as hot plates or electric range units for culinary purposes, grills. toasters, ilatirons. space heaters, electrically heated window panes, vehicle windows, windshields, wall panels, and the like. It is a peculiar characteristic of the new low resistance iridized films that when deposited on transparent glass sheets and heated by the passage of electric current. they emit more radiant heat from the back, that is, through the glass. than from the outer face of the nlm. This fact in some cases enhances their utility. particularly in cases where it might be desirable to bring the heating unit into contact with food to be cooked as devices for making griddle cakes, waiiles,-

etc.

The new low resistance iridized films may also be used for purposes other than for electric heating devices. as for example, to form the conducting laminations in capacitors.

To illustrate electric heating devices made in accordance with this invention reference is had to Fig. 4 in which two glass plates 20 are provided on opposite edges with platinized stripes 2l and 22 (shown on an exaggerated scale), and tin-antimony iridized films 23 (also greatly exaggerated) therebetween. The plates 20 are supported in spaced parallel relation on a dielectric base 2| by metal strips 25 which are attached to the lower platinized stripes. 22. The metal strips 25 are secured to the base 24 by binding posts 26 to which a wire 21 forming one side of an electric circuit is connected. The other side of the circuit is electrically connected with the top platinized stripes 2|. From this it will be seen that the iridized ilms 23 are electrically connected in parallel. Between the glass plates is located a slice of bread 2B to be toasted and the entire assembly is surrounded by a metal protecting shell 29.

Other arrangements of the various parts of the device shown in Fig. 4 andV modifications thereof for other purposes will `be apparent to those skilled in the art and are included within the scope of the invention as claimed.

I claim:

1. An electric resistance device which comprises a non-porous ceramic body having an electrically conducting iridized coating comprising primarily an oxide of tin and an oxide of antimony equivalent to about .001% to less than 13% SbzOa and provided with spaced metallic members in electrical contact with said coating.

2. An electric resistance device which comprises a non-porous ceramic body having an electrically conducting iridized coating comprising primarily an oxide of tin and an oxide of antimony equivalent to about 1% to 10% SbzOn, and provided with spaced metallic members in electrical contact with said coating.

3. An electric resistance device which comprises a non-porous ceramic body having an electrically conducting iridized coating consisting of an oxide of tin, an oxide of antimony equivalent to 1% to 10% SbzO: and not over 20% of an oxide of a metal selected from the group consisting of Cu, Zn, Th, V, Bi, Cr. Mn, Fe, Co, and Ni, and provided with spaced metallic members in electrical contact with said coating.

4. An electric resistance device which comprises a non-porous ceramic body having an electrically conducting iridized coating consisting of metal oxides equivalent to about 93% Sn02, 5.5% SbzOa, and 1.5% ZnO, and provided with spaced metallic members in electrical contact with said coating.

5. An electric resistance device which comprises a non-porous ceramic body having an electrically conducting, iridized coating consisting of an oxide of tin, an oxide of antimony equivalent to 1% to 10% SbzOa, and not over 20% ZnO, and provided with spaced metallic members in electrical contact with said coating.

6. An electrical device having a resistive coating, which comprises a nonporous ceramic body having an electrically conducting iridized coating comprising primarily an oxide of tin and an oxide of antimony equivalent to about .001% to less than 13% SbzOa and provided with a metallic terminal in electrical contact with said coating.

JOHN M. MOCHEL.

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6. AN ELECTRICAL DEVICE HAVING A RESISTIVE COATING, WHICH COMPRISES A NONPOROUS CERAMIC BODY HAVING AN ELECTRICALLY CONDUCTING IRIDIZED COATING COMPRISING PRIMARILY AN OXIDE OF TIN AND AN OXIDE OF ANTIMONY EQUIVALENT TO ABOUT .001* TO LESS THAN 13% SB2O3 AND PROVIDED WITH A METALLIC TERMINAL IN ELECTRICAL CONTACT WITH SAID COATING. 